Past Perfect Tense

Read the sentences and identify

the tense of verbs used.
Write /Say PR for present
tense, PA for past tense, and F
for future tense.
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1. A mosquito saw an iguana. _____

2. The iguana grumbles to himself. ___
3. The iguana will pass by the python. _____
4. The python went into a rabbit hole. _____
5. The rabbit sees the big snake. _____
6. The monkey will screech and will leap through the
trees. _____
This timeline shows the simple tenses of verbs.
This timeline shows the perfect tenses of verbs.
Past Perfect Tense

 expresses an action
completed in the past
before another action
happened
 Past Tense .
Past Perfect

The big snake

raised his head. The big snake had
raised his head
before
  he greeted iguana.
 .

King Lion called a

meeting of the
animals.
King Lion had
called a meeting
 .
She turned her
head toward the
east.
She had turned
her head toward
the east
before she called
 Past Perfect Tense structure

had + past participle of the verb

Take a look at the list of verbs, their past participle form,
and the past perfect form.

Regular Past Past Irregular Past Past

Verbs Participle Perfect Verbs Participle Perfect
had
believe believed had drink drunk drunk
    believed      

had
compare compared compared see seen had seen
Complete the table:
Verbs Past Participle Past perfect
bake baked Had baked

brush brushed Had brushed

answer answered Had answered

swim swum Had swum

sweep swept Had swept